different between pampa vs prairie

English

Noun

pampa (plural pampas)

1. singular of pampas

Anagrams

• MAPPA, appam

Aymara

Noun

pampa

1. plain

Czech

Noun

pampa f

1. pampa (any of the large, grassy plains of temperate South America)

Further reading

• pampa in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• pampa in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Conjunction

pampa

1. because

Finnish

Noun

pampa

1. pampa

Declension

Italian

Noun

pampa f (plural pampe) (Sometimes capitalized)

1. pampas

Derived terms

• erba della pampa

Anagrams

• mappa

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pampa m (definite singular pampaen, indefinite plural pampaer, definite plural pampaene)

1. form removed by a 1982 spelling decision; superseded by pampas

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pampa m (definite singular pampaen, indefinite plural pampaer, definite plural pampaene)

1. form removed by a 1982 spelling decision; superseded by pampas

Quechua

Not to be confused with p'ampa

Adjective

pampa

1. flat
2. plain

Noun

pampa

1. land, floor, ground
2. plain, flat terrain, valley

Declension

Derived terms

• ayapampa
• q'umir pampa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua pampa (“plain; prairie”).

Noun

pampa f (plural pampas)

1. pampa

Turkish

Noun

pampa (definite accusative pampay?, plural {{{2}}})

1. (Internet) Alternative form of kanka

   Raad ol pampa.

Warlpiri

Adjective

pampa

1. blind

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French prairie.

Pronunciation

• (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?p????i/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): [?p???i]
• Rhymes: -???i

Noun

prairie (plural prairies)

1. An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Prairial
• prairillon

Translations

Coordinate terms

• pampa
• savanna
• steppe

Further reading

• prairie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English prairie, from French prairie, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French praerie, from Latin pratum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pr??.ri/, /?pr?.ri/
• Hyphenation: prai?rie

Noun

prairie f (plural prairies)

1. prairie [from ca. 1830s]
   • 1831, James Fenimore Cooper, De prairie, of Grazige woestijn van Noord-Amerika, vol. 1, tr. from English, A. & J. Honkoop (publ.), page 339.

Derived terms

• prairiegras
• prairiehond
• prairie-indiaan
• prairiepaard
• prairiewolf

Related terms

• prairial
• prieel

French

Etymology

From Old French praerie, from Latin pratum (“meadow”) + -aria, -arium. See also pré and -erie. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.?i/

Noun

prairie f (plural prairies)

1. meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie

Derived terms

• chien de prairie

Further reading

• “prairie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• périrai, prierai, riperai